The odyssey of Ibn Battuta : uncommon tales of a medieval adventurer / David Waines.

  • Waines, David.
Date:
2010
  • Books

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Description

"Ibn Battuta was, without doubt, one of the world's truly great travellers. Born in fourteenth-century Morocco and a contemporary of Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta has left us an account in his own words of his remarkable journeys throughout the Islamic world and beyond. ... David Waines discusses [Ibn Battuta's work], life, and times ..."--Jacket.

Publication/Creation

London : I. B. Tauris, 2010.

Physical description

x, 226 pages, 12 unnumbered of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Contributors

Notes

Also published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-216) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZDF.AA2
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ISBN

  • 9781845118051
  • 1845118057